Primary Care & Internal Medicine
Ali Sanai, MD
Washington Concierge Medical Group
Dr. Ali Sanai is a board-certified internist with the Washington Concierge Medical Group in Chevy Chase, with more than 30 years in practice. He has been named a Washingtonian Top Doctor three years running (2023, 2024, and 2025).
Experience and education
Dr. Sanai earned his medical degree from the American University of the Caribbean in 1988 and completed his internal medicine residency at Franklin Square Hospital Center in 1993, where he served as Chief Resident. He went on to hold a part-time faculty position with the hospital’s Internal Medicine Residency Program for nearly two decades while building his private practice.
Why patients choose Dr. Sanai
His concierge model emphasizes access and continuity, and his Zocdoc profile shows a 4.92 rating across 80 verified reviews. He has also earned repeated peer and patient recognition, including Maryland Top Doctor (2023), Bethesda Top Doctors (2021), the Patients’ Choice Award, and Compassionate Doctor Recognition. For Chevy Chase patients seeking a highly available, experienced internist, he is among the best-supported options in the area.
Practice focus
Adult internal medicine with a concierge access model focused on prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of adult disease.
Get to know Dr. Sanai
Dr. Sanai was drawn to medicine by his father, an endocrinologist whose compassion and partnership with his patients left a lasting impression. Outside the office he is a lifelong Manchester United fan — a habit picked up during boarding school in England — and enjoys tennis and time with his three children. The advice he most often shares with patients: live a life of moderation and always strive for a happy medium.
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How Dr. Sanai compares
Context from the 139 providers we track across Bethesda and Montgomery County.
Trained in Sint Maarten
1 of the 107 doctors whose medical school we record trained in Sint Maarten. 24 trained outside the United States altogether.
1 of 4 concierge practices
Concierge and membership medicine accounts for 4 of the 139 providers we list.
Medical school: American University of the Caribbean School of Medicine — Cupecoy, Sint Maarten, Sint Maarten.
Figures describe the 139 providers currently in the MyBethesdaDoctor registry as of August 2026 — a curated directory, not a census of every doctor in Montgomery County. How we build this list.
Where Dr. Sanai sits by experience
Dr. Sanai finished medical school in 1988, 38 years ago. Of the 135 providers in our registry whose graduation year we could verify, 25 finished earlier, 106 finished later, and 3 finished the same year.
1965–69
1 provider finished 1965–19691970–74
2 providers finished 1970–19741975–79
4 providers finished 1975–19791980–84
13 providers finished 1980–1984Dr. Sanai1988
1985–89
12 providers finished 1985–19891990–94
14 providers finished 1990–19941995–99
27 providers finished 1995–19992000–04
20 providers finished 2000–20042005–09
19 providers finished 2005–20092010–14
17 providers finished 2010–20142015–19
4 providers finished 2015–20192020–24
2 providers finished 2020–2024Among the 110 physicians we list, 22 finished medical school earlier — the median for that group is 1998.
All 12 bands
| Graduated | Providers |
|---|---|
| 1965–1969 | 1 |
| 1970–1974 | 2 |
| 1975–1979 | 4 |
| 1980–1984 | 13 |
| 1985–1989 — Dr. Sanai | 12 |
| 1990–1994 | 14 |
| 1995–1999 | 27 |
| 2000–2004 | 20 |
| 2005–2009 | 19 |
| 2010–2014 | 17 |
| 2015–2019 | 4 |
| 2020–2024 | 2 |
Figures describe the 139 providers currently in the MyBethesdaDoctor registry as of August 2026 — a curated directory, not a census of every doctor in Montgomery County. Based on the 135 of 139 profiles with a graduation year we could verify against a primary source; the remaining 4 are left out rather than estimated. How we build this list.
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